Women’s football legend Maggie Chombo-Sadiki is back as the Ma lawi Under-20 Women’s Football National Team coach.
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) in a statement said the FCB Nyasa Bullets Women’s coach will be in charge ahead of the 2026 Under-20 Fifa Women’s World Cup qualifiers.
The association said the former Scorchers’ captain, who was the senior women’s football national team assistant coach until her latest appointment, will have John Chimwala as her first assistant and Scholastica Khunga as second assistant.
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The technical panel also has Patricia Makwakwa as fitness coach, Wilson Mkandawire as goalkeepers coach, Lina Mtegha as the team manager (safeguarding), Martha Chimwala as the physiotherapist and Salome Chirwa as team doctor.
Chombo-Sadiki, who has since named a 31-member squad to face the Central African Republic in the World Cup qualifiers at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on May 11 before the return match at the same venue on May 18, said yesterday she could not comment on her appointment.
She was last in charge of the Under-20 team in 2021 during the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.
Chombo-Sadiki is one of the country’s highly qualified women’s football coaches as she holds a CAF A coaching licence.
The following is the squad expected to begin camp on April 28 at Chiwembe Technical Centre in Blantyre:
Goalkeepers
Ireen Sibande (Silver Strikers Ladies), Emily Nkhwazi (Kukoma Ntopwa), Evelyn Kamanga (CY Sisters), Fortune Bwitubwitu (Bangwe)
Defenders
Talandira Chinyamula (Ascent Academy), Olivia Phikani (Kukoma Ntopwa), Maureen Kenneth (Ascent Academy), Trizza Chiwere (FCB NBB Women), Alinafe Milanzie (Fact), Joyce Makwenya (Kukoma Ntopwa), Efa Msukwa (FCB NBB Women), Jacqueline Kamputa (Civil Service Women), Ruth Mandala (Silver Strikers Ladies)
Midfielders
Leticia Chinyamula (Ascent Academy), Linda Manda (Silver Strikers Ladies), Chikondi Mgodi (Creck SC), Anna Baziliyo (Civil Service Women), Fanny Moyo (Mighty Wanderers), Leah Mussa (FCB NBB Women), Asimenye Mwanyongo (FCB NBB Women), Alefa Chimbeta (Ascent Academy), Tionge Chirwa (Topik Sisters), Victoria Mkwala (Ascent Academy), Faluna Umari (Mighty Wanderers), Fatima Lali (Ascent Academy), Triphonia Banda (ATU)
Strikers
Mary Chindeya (Kukoma Ntopwa), Kondawu Banda (Kukoma Ntopwa), Mayamiko Mkandawire (Ascent Academy), Grace Gumba (Mighty Wanderers), Grace Kankangula (Silver Strikers Ladies).
